The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-07

regulation uniform, with black helments;
heavy plain sabers and large buckskin
gauntlets. They were headed by chief OF
Police Anton Huebler. and were under
the command OF Captain Fruchte OF the
mounted district.
The chiefs saSsr is somewhat lighter
than those used by the remainder of the
men, and is handsomely mounted in brass,
with gold hilt.
General Fairchild, surrounded by eighty
-four aides, came next. Fourteen carriages
followed. In the first was General w. T.
Sherman, accompanied by Mayor Francis.
General Pope, of the regular army, accom-
panied by Major Rainwater, Governor
Rusk of Wisconsin and staff in four car.
riages. General 8. W. Beath and Louis
Wagner, Of Philadelphia, and Geo. S. s.
Burdett, of Washington, D. c., and others.
Past Commanders General Merrill and
General Clarke, OF New York, and six
carriages containing war governors ana
department commanders.
During the wait before the start General
Sherman's carriage was surrounded by
veterans who stood nearly an hour with
barred heads for the privilege of shaking
hands and speaking q word with the old
hero.
The First division, under the command
Of Colonel Nelson Cole. came next. This
included the Department of Missouri.
The six st. Louis posts were represented
and forty-eight outside posts, making
about eight thousand veterans in all in this
division, which was headed by the Excel.
sior (co,ored) band. 1t had also Ritter's
ST. Louis Band in the center OF thu division.
The Second division under command Of
Colonel j. G. Butler, was made up of
about 1850 Illinois veterans. There are
between 5000 and 10, 600 Grand Army men
from Illinois now in the city, so this shows
how well they turned out. The division
was led b., Iron Hall hand, of st. Louis,
and had three other Illinois bands in the
ranks: Bel.eville, Springfield aud De.
catur.
Tile Third division, Ex-Governor Thos.
c. Fletcher, marshal, consisting of the de.
par:ments of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania
and Ohio, numbered about as follows:
!, Wisconsin, 800: Pennsylvania, 100. and
OHIO, 6e0-less than one fourth the delega.
t;on from these States. Headed by tho
Vandaia Cornct Band, the division fell
into ranks, and, following the nlinoisans,
marched down the avenue to the tune of
"Rally Round the Flas," many old vet
Grams catching up tie refrain and giving
voice to it.
Tho Fourth division, composed of New
York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine,
New Jersey and Virginia, with Assistant
Marshal Colonel D. p. Dyer at the head,
followed the third. and was led by the
White Hall band, which discoursed Sher-
mans March to the Sea. Though few in
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of the day in point of interest.
At the head of the Department of Maine
was carried the first battle flag of the
First regiment that left that State in re-
Spouse to the first call for troops, and it
was borne to-day by the same standard
bearer who carried it into the first battle
of Bull Run, A. E. Hammond, of Geo. H.
Morgan Post No. 4. Minneapolis, Mimi,
who left his own dspar tment at the re.
quest of Hon. Hannabal Hamlin, to
march with the Maine boy and carry his
old flag.
The fifth division, California, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, the Potomac and Mary
land, was furnished music by the West
End band, and followed hard upon the
Fourth. This division also, composed Of
PARKWAY departments and thinned by the
rain, was not large, numbering perhaps
three hundred in all, but its percentage
averaged we'll with other wings OF the
parade. Vermont, with thirty men in
line, furnished two ex-Gensrals-Stephen
Thorn and General Henry-who were I'M
daunted by rain and mud. The fifth was
differed by Colonel Leo Rassieur.
Two thousand veterans from Indiana
marched in the sixth division to martial
- L. a.
under the command Of Department Com
mander Ira J. Chase. The Commanders
aides were: Adjutant-General 1. N. |
Walker, Quartermaster-G General c. E.
Whitsig; Chiet-of-Staff, C. O. May; color |
bearer, A. B. Douglas. Morton Post No. /,
named in honor OF Oliver P. Morton, In.
diana's war Governor, was given the po-
sition of honor.
Iowa was represented in the Seventh |
division by 5000 men, under the command |
of Chief Marshal E. A. Consigny. His |
aides are Colonel E. NJ. Scott. James n.
Hatton, George Newman, c. W. Bontin,
E. G. White, r. J. Reimers. This depart |
ment was headed by the Peila department |
band of thirty pieces. The Mount Pleas |
ant and Eighth Iowa martial bands also
contributed to the departments musical |
oiSpidyy NGlCu W - Ouo Va Suo UeSt III buo |
parade.
The Eighth had an old drum along that !
was carried through the war and was rid |
died with bullets. There are 6,o00 men |
here, but ths older ones didn't parade on |
; Tcount of the rain.
VIC sneral Tuttle was in Q carriage with |
n. c. Whittle. he is ageing and growing |
<onstitntionally weak, and the rain coz.
signed him to the shelter Of . handsome |
carriage.
Nebraska's three hundred were in the
Seventh division, n. c. Russell in oom-
mand. His mounted aides were Adjutant-
General J. D. Miles, Major T. 8. Clarkson,
Charles e. Burmester, II. e. Palmer. A |
St. Louis g. A. r. band headed them, a
they brought no musicians with them.
Colorado was represented by the
Seventh, also bv three hundred old war
men, who were commanded by George |
Ady, aided by Senior Vice Commander J.
E. jeffrey, Junior Vice. ommander w. 8.
Assistant Adjutant-GeneralJ. IA.
Lowne, Assistant Quartermaster-General
5. McClanathan, Department Inspector
George Waterbury. The Leadville Drum
Corps di6 the musical honors for the Col
prado men and, though mere boys, were
heartily applauded along the route.
About eight thousand veterans from ]